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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at Lsu Health Sciences Center

New Orleans, LA

Funding
$4.9M
$4,895,192
Awards
12
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
12
8 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
#46
of 75 · Ranking
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Neurosciences row of the Lsu Health Sciences Center page.

Leads a grant in this department

8 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Balveen Kaur

    Leads 3 awards · $1,468,030

    • 7R01NS137577-03Department: NIH department code
      Next generation oncolytic virotherapy targeting AKT and ERK signaling in glioma
      $577,220
      award amount
    • 7R01NS127473-05Department: NIH department code
      Next Gen Virotherapy for GBM
      $515,810
      award amount
    • 4R33NS128191-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of murine glioblastoma model for oncolytic HSV therapy

      Principal investigators: Balveen Kaur (contact PI), Bangxing B Hong

      $375,000
      award amount

  2. Nicolas G. Bazan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,160,392

    • 5R01EY005121-38Department: NIH department code
      RPE Messengers, Transcription and Photoreceptor Renewal
      $602,594
      award amount
    • 5R01NS138259-03Department: NIH department code
      Neuroprotective lipid mediators target penumbra in experimental ischemic stroke

      Principal investigators: Nicolas G. Bazan (contact PI), Ludmila S. Belayev

      $557,798
      award amount

  3. Song Hong

    Leads 2 awards · $648,201

    • 1R01EB036854-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Engineering Multifunctional Flowable Skin Matrices for Regeneration, Immunorestoration, and Infection Control in Hard-to-Heal Wounds
      $423,201
      award amount
    • 1R21AI202588-01Department: NIH department code
      Explore Novel Hydrogelable Covalent Conjugates of Caprylic Acid to Amplify its Bactericidal and Pro-healing Capability for Accelerated Healing of Infected Wounds
      $225,000
      award amount

  4. Jennifer Jean Lentz

    Leads 1 award · $631,738

    • 5R01DC020243-04Department: NIH department code
      Vestibular dysfunction and the development of therapies for Usher syndrome

      Principal investigators: Jennifer Jean Lentz (contact PI), Gwenaelle S Geleoc, Wu Zhou

      $631,738
      award amount

  5. Minghao Jin

    Leads 1 award · $375,000

    • 5R01EY036015-03Department: NIH department code
      IRBP in the visual cycles and retinal diseases
      $375,000
      award amount

  6. Xiaolin Tian

    Leads 1 award · $375,000

    • 5R35GM158192-02Department: NIH department code
      Unmask the roles of Mask as a mTOR-independent Autophagy-Promoting Factor
      $375,000
      award amount

  7. Chunlai Wu

    Leads 1 award · $187,500

    • 5R21NS137061-02Department: NIH department code
      PP2A B' subunit regulates synaptic development and cognition - learning fromhuman mutations
      $187,500
      award amount

  8. Jason Dongjoon Kim

    Leads 1 award · $49,331

    • 5F30EY036746-02Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic approaches to treat vision loss in Usher syndrome
      $49,331
      award amount

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.